id:			169262
accession number:	2011.144
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.144
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:47.548000

Supports with Addorsed Figures, 1400s. Tibet, Densatil Monastery, 15th century. Gilt bronze; overall: 33.5 x 9.5 x 8 cm (13 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma 2011.144

title:				Supports with Addorsed Figures
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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culture:	Tibet, Densatil Monastery, 15th century
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 33.5 x 9.5 x 8 cm (13 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Christie's New York, NY, March 21, 2008, lot 617 and 618, sold to John and Maxeen Flower)
	date: March 21, 2008
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	Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928-2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2008-2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011-
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These small pillars were part of the multitiered bases of stupas—sacred Buddhist monuments. The figures that faced toward the viewer are four-armed bodhisattvas—beings on the path to perfect enlightenment. The Tibetan syllable carved at the top of the moldings denotes the position where this piece belongs in the series of other small double-sided pillars. The figures on the opposite sides, facing the stupa and unseen by visitors, are figures of four-armed goddesses who make offerings of music or gifts to the stupa. On these examples, one plays a drum; the other holds a lotus. <br> <br>The figures stand on the center of a lotus flower that emerges from an overflowoing pot of abundance. Such imagery indicates that the faithful veneration of this monument will bring productive and abundant good results.
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